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The American Red Cross, Business Roundtable and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are co-hosting a forum on the response to the devastating earthquake that struck Sichuan province, China, on May 12. In attendance are more than 30 leaders from humanitaria
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Orexigen® Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OREX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of central nervous system disorders, including obesity, announced that based on a review of data from its Contrave® Phase IIb trial, patients assigned
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Paddington Bear is looking for runners to join him and help support his favourite charity Action Medical Research in this year's BUPA Great North Run in Newcastle on Sunday October 5. Places in this year's event, the world's largest half-marathon, a
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This year for the 4th of July celebrations, the American Optometric Association (AOA) suggests that families and friends stay away from private firework use and instead enjoy professional displays to protect and preserve eyesight. Each year over the
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The Government of Canada is committed to protecting the health of Canada's domestic poultry flocks from avian influenza (AI) viruses. That is why this Government is enhancing its AI surveillance for commercial poultry flocks in Canada.
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A specialist cancer nurse will tell Teenage Cancer Trust's Fifth International Conference on Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Medicine today (Monday) how a young man waited for ten months before doctors correctly diagnosed him as suffering from Hodgki
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According to scientists at the Massachussets Institute of Technology,chronic inflammation of the intestine or stomach has been linked to DNAdamage and thus increased cancer risk. These results were released onJune 2, 2008 in the Journal of Clinical
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Depression will affect up to 25% of the population at some point in their lives. It also has been shown to have a strong genetic component. For example, if one of your close family members has depression, your chance of also being a sufferer is thr
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